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Florida Woman Charged for Threatening to Shoot FBI Agents Investigating Her for Possible Capitol Riot Participation
Man…I really thought we were done with this Capitol riot shit. I mean, I understand that the FBI is still investigating and rounding up possible participants in the Jan. 6, whiney wypipo war on non-Republican votes, but I didn’t think I would still be reporting on crazy Caucasians who insist on outing themselves on social…
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LAPD Officers Accused of Sharing George Floyd Valentine's Day Photo That Reads 'You Take My Breath Away'
Valentine’s Day is a time for couples and lovers of all walks of life to celebrate their bonds through the exchanging of flowers, candy, spa days, hot-oil massages and the like—it’s a day to commemorate love. In fact, officers with the Los Angeles Police Department are reportedly so into the festivities that they decided to…
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Would-Be Jacksonville Jaguars Coach Resigns One Day After Hiring Amid Backlash Over Alleged Racism
On Friday The Root reported that Jacksonville Jaguars head coach Urban Meyer hired former University of Iowa strength and conditioning coach Chris Doyle o be the Jaguars’ director of sports performance despite the fact that dozens of Black college football players had accused Doyle of racism and abuse in the past. It was a bad…
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2 Louisiana Sanitation Workers Save Kidnapped 10-Year-Old by Blocking Abductor From Escape
Here at The Root, we celebrate Black excellence—a thing that is often equated with Black entrepreneurship and financial success, even though it’s much more than that. Today we shout out Black excellence in the form of heroism. Last Sunday, a 10-year-old girl was abducted from her home in New Iberia, Louisiana. An Amber Alert was…
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Trump Impeachment Trial, Day 3: House Managers Make Their Final Arguments
House impeachment managers will be making their final arguments beginning Thursday afternoon in the Senate trial that decides whether former President Donald Trump will be convicted of inciting the riot at the Capitol on Jan. 6. The final push to impeach Trump follows the second day of the impeachment trials during which House Democrats, led…
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Judge Clears Capitol Rioter Who Said She'd 'Do it Again in a Heartbeat' to Travel to Mexico…Because America Loves White Terrorists
America has a long road ahead of it in sufficiently dealing with its domestic terrorism problem. And the biggest hurdle America faces is itself—because America still loves white people way too much. America is so in love with its own traditional image (white people) that it’s near-blind to terrorism and other criminality when the perpetrators…
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'QAnon Shaman' Moved to Virginia Jail So He Can Be Provided With Organic Foods
Maaaaan, to be white and a terrorist. Jacob Chansley, the QAnon Moron…I mean, Shaman, was moved to a Virginia jail Thursday after a federal judge ordered corrections officials to provide him with organic food. I know some of you are confused as to why legal officials in America—who would likely tell Muslim terrorists who stormed…
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Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell and Fox News Sued by Voting Tech Company Over Voter Fraud Propaganda
Rudy Giuliani—the man whose teeth and hair dye have made multiple attempts at running away from his face to no avail—appears to be finding out the hard way that words have consequences. He and fellow wackadoodle attorney Sidney Powell—the right-wing Robin to Giuliani’s white nationalist Batman—are now defendants in another lawsuit filed by another voting…
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Federal Judge Blocks Tennessee Judge’s Order to Release ‘Zip Tie Guy’ Charged in Capitol Riot
You can tell that America still isn’t quite used to the idea that white Americans can be and often are terrorists. For so long, the face of terrorism in the minds of many Americans was a scary Muslim face. (Scary to white people. Black people often have so many Muslims in the family that when…
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Black Family That Was Handcuffed After Being Wrongfully Suspected of Riding in Stolen Vehicle Sues Aurora, Colo., Police
In August of last year, a Black family was stopped by police in Aurora, Colo. Four Black girls—children and teenagers, ages 6, 12, 14 and 17—were ordered out of their vehicle at gunpoint and made to lie on the ground while officers handcuffed the 12- and 17-year-olds while they screamed and cried in terror. The cops…